Citation

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Miscellaneous Instructional Data Sets, 1912, 1920-1940, 1860-1900. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00033.v1

Summary

This data collection contains three files of county-level
electoral returns for Ohio, Michigan, Nebraska, and New York in the
period 1912, and 1920-1940. The data files were prepared for
instructional use in the ICPSR Training Program and for graduate-level
social science courses at the University of Michigan and other
university campuses. They contain social, demographic, electoral,
and economic data for various areas of the United States, usually
for an extended period of time. Part 1, Ohio Referenda Counties as
Units, and Part 2, Ohio Referenda as Units, consist of county-level
returns for 42 referenda in the 1912 general election in Ohio. Data are
provided for the names of counties, votes in the affirmative, total
number of votes, and percentage of the "yes" votes for referenda on
issues such as civil juries, capital punishment, governor's veto,
workmen's compensation, 8-hour day, removal of elected officials, prison
labor, women's suffrage, and taxes. The referenda included many questions
considered important in the Progressive Movement. Part 3, Data Sets for
Three States (Michigan, Nebraska, and New York), consists of electoral
returns for the offices of president, governor, and United States
representative, as well as ecological and population characteristics data
in the period 1920-1940. Data are provided for the raw votes and percentage
of the total votes received by the Democratic, Republican, Progressive, and
other parties. Items also provide information on population characteristics,
such as the total number of population, voting age population, urban
population, and persons of other races, and school attendance and religion.
Economic variables provide information on local government expenditures and
revenues, agriculture and manufacturing, employment and unemployment, and
the total number of banks and bank deposits.

Citation

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Miscellaneous Instructional Data Sets, 1912, 1920-1940, 1860-1900. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00033.v1

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Data Collection Notes

The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document
Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems
Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the
Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat
Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.